Militia Suspects Arrested in Operation Triad
A Draco (Department of Repression Against Organized Crime) operation culminated with fourteen police officials suspected of militia involvement arrested.
August 9, 2011Topic
militias
Rio Militias More Dangerous Than Drug Gangs
Figures from the special Divisão de Homicídios (Homicide Division) show that 45 percent of the murders in Rio de Janeiro...
July 19, 2011
Militia Heads Command From Prison
By Samuel Elliott Novacich, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Recent investigation has found that Rio de Janeiro’s militia chiefs...
April 26, 2011
Elite What?
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This week I went to Cinemark Barra Downtown, twice, to watch...
January 11, 2011
Operations Continue Against Rio’s Militias
By Doug Gray, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_4987" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Public Security Minister Jose Mariano Beltrame, photo by Antonio Cruz/ABr."][/caption] RIO...
June 23, 2009